with a question, "What was he doing, the great god Pan/Down in the reeds in the river?" She seems to be teasing or taunting us, as if her work contained a symbolic meaning beyond its descriptive beauty. But what could this be?The "great god Pan" enters the poem in rambunctious style. He is "spreading ruin and scattering ban," creating destruction and hurling curses at the heart of life. He breaks the "golden lilies," as if gleefully smashing apart the stagnancy of perfection.
Who is Pan?
from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: A Reading from 'A Musical Instrument'
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